Atheists & Agnostics

I am angry. Very angry, in fact. The harm done daily by the major religions is horrifying. Even the "progressive" ones still have major issues. The Catholic Church is still driving teens to suicide, still attacking women and gender studies, still banning contraceptive use. The fundies are attempting to enslave or kill off all women. Islam still can't get along with itself in the Middle East, let alone Judaism and the others. It's nuts, it's horrible, and I am not okay with it. I'm not going to hide that.

That said, the angry atheist stereotype is definitely wrong, and needs to go away. Even if I'm pissed, I still talk to people reasonably. I'm "angry" because I speak up for myself, I say something when I disagree with religion. Hell, even the militant, firebreathing, baby-eating monsters like Dawkins and Hitchens put up with far more shit from and are far more polite to religion and the religious than I've ever seen the other way around.